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Charles Albert WESTBURY

Regimental number792
Place of birthMoss Vale, New South Wales
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs Margaret Westbury, Harris Street, Hawthorn, Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll31st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded at Flers, Somme Sector - France
FateDied of wounds 1 November 1916
Place of death or wounding1st Anzac Dressing Station
Age at death30.4
Place of burialDartmoor Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave 35), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
119
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Robert and Lydia WESTBURY.
Family/military connectionsBrother-in-Law: Gunner W.H. Kennedy, No. 20964 awarded M.M. in France.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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